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2020 Impact Awards Series: Honoring Game Changers

This Sunday, November 1st, is NHMC’s virtual Impact Awards Series: Honoring Game Changers hosted by award-winning actor, Isabella Gomez. Make sure to register and tune in to hear from change makers Lin-Manuel and Luis Miranda Congresswoman Escobar, Actor Gina Torres, Senator Bernie Sanders, Actor Lisa Vidal, Actor Sarunas Jackson, and Activist Rashad Robinson.

STATEMENT: Trump Refusing to Denounce White Supremacy, Does Not Surprise Me

Brenda Castillo: "We are not surprised, because we have believed Donald Trump when he showed us who he was from the very beginning, when he openly called Mexicans criminals and rapists, and when he coined the “Make America Great Again” rally cry as if our people, including American Latinx, had not been contributing to our country’s greatness from its inception."

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#VotaConmigo

The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) has partnered with Univision in the campaign #VotaConmigo. We are raising awareness in the Latinx community on the importance of voting. 32 million Latinos are eligible to vote this election, have you registered yet?

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New White Paper: Disinformation & Hate Speech Harm BIPOC

We are excited to announce the publication of a new white paper authored by NHMC Univision Fellow, Maria Mercado, entitled Disinformation and Hate Speech Harm BIPOC, analyzing the correlation between the rise in online disinformation and hate speech and the suppression of people of color.

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NHMC Calls on the United Nations to Investigate ICE’s Crimes Against Humanity

"This week, as we begin our 2020 celebration of Latinx people, culture, resilience, and achievements, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has been exposed for performing a high rate of alleged forced sterilization of migrant women in its detention centers. We are repulsed by and condemn any act of genocide against women in our country."

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#StopHateForProfit Week of Action 9/14-9/18

To participate we are asking you to join us as we post a specific message each day about the harms that Facebook has inflicted on our society and the importance of voting. We will kick off the campaign with an announcement post on Monday, September 14th, and ask people to join a 24-hour Instagram “Freeze” on Wednesday, September 16th, in which everyone will put up one message focusing on the damage Facebook does and refrain from otherwise posting on Instagram for that day...

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ORGANIZED ONLINE HATE LEADS TO REAL LIFE MURDER IN KENOSHA, WI

"Facebook, if anything, is barely reactive - How many deaths will it take until Facebook accepts its responsibility and becomes preventative to stand up against organized hate?"

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STATEMENT: Twitter’s Stand Against Online Hate

"As tech and social media platforms are on the national stage, the National Hispanic Media Coalition commends Twitter for taking a stand against online hate by banning White supremacist and former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, David Duke, from their platform permanently yesterday, July 30th. This comes in the wake of Twitter’s latest update to its hate speech policies, disallowing links that promote hate or violence."

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We’re Still Dying At The Hands of Facebook’s White Supremacy Problem

A Message from NHMC's President & CEO, Brenda Victoria Castillo: "But this is not just about online hate; our lives are at stake. Facebook has a real problem with defining hate, identifying hate, and acting to address hate on the social media platform. Armed protests in front of mosques or to counter stay-at-home orders often use Facebook to organize and spread awareness of their campaigns. Facebook, in response, typically takes days if not weeks to take down hateful content."

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“'Tu lucha es mi lucha. Your fight is our fight,' says Castillo, who adds that Latinx not born in the U.S. might have a more difficult time understanding the Black Lives Matter movement and other racial inequities specific to American-born Latinos. 'They have not experienced the Chicano movement, the racism and discrimination that we have witnessed and experienced being here in America — where they constantly tell us ‘go back to your country.’ They have never experienced the American discrimination against Latinos from the U.S. And I think it’s our job to educate them.'"

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NHMC On Variety

"Latinx-led organizations like the National Hispanic Media Coalition see this juncture as an opportunity to highlight the shared heritage between members of the Latinx and Black communities, specifically Afro-Latinos. On June 13, NHMC organized a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Whittier, Calif., outside that city’s police station, at which Afro-Latino activists and speakers (Whittier is almost 68% Hispanic or Latino) were featured."

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NHMC is a Proud Partner of Stop Hate for Profit

National Hispanic Media Coalition along with the ADL, Color of Change, Common Sense, Free Press, LULAC, the NAACP, and Sleeping Giants are publicly asking Facebook’s advertisers to hit pause on ad spending for July 2020 so that we can get the message across to Facebook that enough is enough – stop using hate on your platform for monetary gain.

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Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi & Majority Leader Mitchell McConnell

"Despite ongoing, widespread anti-Latinx sentiment and discrimination in the United States, young Latinx proudly enlist in the military to fight for the freedom of our country. Latinx do this based on the assumption that while they are serving our country, U.S. military leaders will ensure their well-being, safety, and survival are top priority. Based on recent events and overarching trends in treatment of Latinx soldiers, this basic right of safety and survival is not extended to women and Latinx members of our military."

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PHOTOS: "Whittier Police Station site of Black Lives Matter Protest"

See photos from this past weekend's protest in Whittier in the Whittier Daily News: "Black Lives Matter protest organized by the National Hispanic Media Coalition at the Whittier Police Station."

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NHMC Takes the Streets in Solidarity of #BlackLivesMatter

See highlights from NHMC's peaceful protest this past Saturday, June 13th at the Whittier Police Station. We continue to stand in solidarity of Black people and demand an end to police brutality and systemic oppression against Black and Brown communities across this nation.

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Letter to Black Lives Matter Movement & the Black Community

"Our collective organizations have fought for civil rights and social justice for Latinx and other marginalized groups for decades, including our on-going battle against the colorism and racism in our own community. Part of that fight includes standing with the Black people of this country against racism, hate, police brutality, and systemic oppression. We stand firm in our message: tu lucha es mi lucha."

This year, the National Hispanic Media Coalition will be partaking in our first ever virtual Impact Award Series hosted by the award-winning actor, Isabella Gomez. Our honorees are game changers who understand that hate and discrimination towards a particular community affects us all. Sponsored by T-Mobile, Univision, Google, National Association of Broadcasters, Comcast NBCUniversal Telemundo, and Union Bank.

Upcoming Events

New York Impact Awards Reception

The New York Impact Awards Reception, convened by the National Hispanic Media Coalition annually during Hispanic Heritage Month in October, honors journalists, media outlets, civil rights organizations, and community leaders amplifying the voices of Latinos.

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Latinx Stream Showcase

The Latino Scene Showcase, founded in 2012, cultivates emerging talent to write, act and direct 5-minute scenes of original scripts written, performed and directed by graduates of the NHMC’s programs. Rehearsals are mandatory. Conducted twice in one-day, the showcase allows 400+ entertainment industry executives, talent representatives, and casting directors to watch the scenes and later connect and network with participants. The goal is for participants to break into network television.

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Advocacy

The National Hispanic Media Coalition is devoted to increasing and improving portrayals of Latinos in the media while advocating for communications policies that elevate voices from within the community.

Responsible and Inclusive Media

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Preserving media ownership limits is critical to protecting media owners of color from being crowded out by rampant media consolidation. Broadcast licenses held by people of color remain far below 10 percent at a time when over a third of Americans are people of color. Latinos are severely underrepresented as media owners, despite being one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the US with $1.5 trillion in purchasing power.

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Universal and Affordable Communications

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The Lifeline Program has worked for three decades as the only government program dedicated to bringing phone and internet service within reach for people of color, the poor, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and the less educated.

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Community Powered Solutions

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In today’s digital age, consumers are growing more concerned about the invasions of their privacy by the government and corporations. Government agencies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have sweeping access to the personal information of individuals and user activity online.

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Big shout out to our honoree @BernieSanders @SenSanders for fighting the good fight all of these years! Catch him o… https://t.co/6Yy8YTKeat

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We couldn’t make this event possible without our wonderful host, @Isabella_Gomez! The @OneDayAtATime star will bein… https://t.co/f7VaIfamX3

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2020 Impact Awards Series: Honoring Game Changers

STATEMENT: Trump Refusing to Denounce White Supremacy, Does Not Surprise Me

#VotaConmigo

New White Paper: Disinformation & Hate Speech Harm BIPOC

NHMC Calls on the United Nations to Investigate ICE’s Crimes Against Humanity

#StopHateForProfit Week of Action 9/14-9/18

ORGANIZED ONLINE HATE LEADS TO REAL LIFE MURDER IN KENOSHA, WI

STATEMENT: Twitter’s Stand Against Online Hate

We’re Still Dying At The Hands of Facebook’s White Supremacy Problem

NHMC on Billboard

NHMC On Variety

NHMC is a Proud Partner of Stop Hate for Profit

Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi & Majority Leader Mitchell McConnell

PHOTOS: "Whittier Police Station site of Black Lives Matter Protest"

NHMC Takes the Streets in Solidarity of #BlackLivesMatter

Letter to Black Lives Matter Movement & the Black Community

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Upcoming Events

New York Impact Awards Reception

Latinx Stream Showcase

Advocacy

Responsible and Inclusive Media

Universal and Affordable Communications

Community Powered Solutions